Cultivating a Culture of Connection: Strategic Internal Communications Strategies To Foster The New Employee Experience In 2025
During this 3-day conference, you’ll have the chance to reconnect with peers, explore the internal communications challenges they’re facing, and discover the strategies they’re using to overcome them.
About This Internal Communications Event
Attending a Strategic Internal Communications conference offers a dynamic learning experience, covering key topics like communication strategies, crisis response, employee engagement, diversity and inclusion, storytelling, data-driven decision-making, stakeholder management, executive communications, and networking.
Learn from industry leaders, collaborate with peers, and sharpen your skills to deliver impactful internal communication strategies, including:
- Gain expertise in crisis communication to confidently steer your organization through challenging situations.
- Discover actionable approaches to enhance employee engagement and nurture a thriving workplace culture.
- Integrate diversity, equity, and inclusion principles into your communication framework for meaningful impact.
- Explore the transformative role of AI in internal communications.
- Harness the power of storytelling to create authentic and memorable brand narratives.
- Leverage data-driven insights to evaluate communication effectiveness and inform strategic decisions.
- Learn advanced techniques for managing stakeholder relationships across diverse platforms.
- Refine executive communication skills to inspire, influence, and drive team success.
- Managing DEI in today’s changing environment and how to use strategic communications to maintain your culture.
Benefits Of The 3-Day Pass
Maximize your time by signing up for the Pre-Conference Workshops
Thought leaders and experts on corporate communications lead interactive Pre-Conference Workshops. Each small group session will prepare you for the conference the following day, provide you with practical answers to questions that keep you up at night, and inspire you to creatively tackle your most pressing corporate communications challenges.
Benefits Of Attending This Conference
- Access to internal communication practitioners from leading organizations with real examples and proven strategies through real-world case studies and intimate, interactive workshops
- Networking list for attendees to continue the conversation after the conference
- Interactive sessions allowing you to work with your strategic internal communications peers
- Certificate of attendance for CEUs
- Opportunity to meet with peers face-to-face while remaining safe
- Guaranteed extensive, how-to instruction about elevating strategic internal communications that you can use immediately
- Opportunity to have your most pressing questions on strategic internal communications answered in real-time
Please note: The recorded online access option does not include the preconference workshop.
Agenda
Pre-Conference Workshops - 07/15/2025
- 9:00 am - 9:30 am - Continental Breakfast, Coffee & Registration
- 9:30 am - 10:45 am - Workshop A: Bringing Your Organization’s Purpose To Life: How To Activate Purpose And Help Your People Thrive And Your Organization Perform
- Steven Fitzgerald, Co-Founder & President - Habanero Consulting
- Mallory O’Connor, Practice Lead, Culture and Transformation - Habanero Consulting, Inc.
- 10:45 am - 11:00 am - Morning Refreshments & Networking Break
- 11:00 am - 12:15 pm - Workshop B: Purpose-Driven Connections: How to Engage Fully Without Burning Out
- Kelsey Buckholtz, Director of Communication Strategy - Local Wisdom
- 12:15 pm - 1:45 pm - Lunch On Your Own, But Not Alone - Reservations Are Booked!
- 1:45 pm - 3:00 pm - Workshop C: Ready for Takeoff? How to Help Your Culture Soar
- Gabriel Galdamez, Strategic Communications Consultant - Hola Gabriel
- Lydia Ivy, Director, Internal Communications - College Track
- 3:00 pm - 3:15 pm - Afternoon Refreshments & Stretch Break
- 3:15 pm - 4:30 pm - Workshop D: Behind the Mic: 6 Surprising Lessons from 100+ Comms Pioneers
- Katie Macaulay, Managing Director - AB
- 4:30 pm - 4:45 pm - Close of Workshops
- 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm - Networking Reception For Workshop Attendees, Speakers & Sponsors @ Venue Bar
- 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm - Dinner With A Group - Reservations Have Been Made To Take In The Sights Of Boston!
Day 1: General Sessions - 07/16/2025
- 8:30 am - 9:00 am - Registration: Badges, Breakfast, & Beverages
- 9:00 am - 9:30 am - Chairperson's Welcome & Speed Networking
- Cody Loveland, Founder & Owner - CBL Leadership Group
- 9:30 am - 10:05 am - Cutting Through the Noise: A Smarter Approach to Internal Communications Engagement
- Matt Goldberg, Corporate Communications Manager - Akamai Technologies
- 10:05 am - 10:40 am - Transforming Employee Engagement: How Simpplr Powers the Future of Internal Communications
- 10:40 am - 11:10 am - Morning Refreshments, Networking Break + Visit Your Sponsors
- 11:10 am - 11:45 am - Making Your Intranet Impossible to Fail: The Story of Vitality Hub
- Teresa Palase, Director of Communications - Pharmavite
- Pinaki Kathiari, CEO - Local Wisdom
- 11:45 am - 12:00 pm - How to Use AI to Bring Your Stories to Life with Video: Elevating Internal Communications
- 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm - Lunch On Your Own, But Not Alone - Reservations Are Booked!
- 2:00 pm - 2:35 pm - Interactive Strategies for Strengthening Internal Communication
- Cody Loveland, Founder & Owner - CBL Leadership Group
- 2:35 pm - 3:10 pm - Transform your Communications and Reach Everyone, Everywhere: Boost Employee Engagement and Elevate your Culture with a Mobile-First Strategy
- 3:10 pm - 3:50 pm - Afternoon Refreshments, Networking Break + Demo From Your Sponsors
- 3:50 pm - 4:05 pm - Inbox Influence: Leveraging Email for Powerful Internal Communications
- 4:05 pm - 4:45 pm - Panel: Employee Engagement and Culture Building
- Heather Neisworth, Internal Communications Lead - Salute
- Chandler Williams, Senior Communications Associate - Baylor College of Medicine
- Moderator: Cody Loveland, Founder and Owner - CBL Leadership Group
- 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm - Close Of Day 1 - Join Us For A Networking Reception @ Venue Bar
- 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm - Dinner With A Group - Reservations Have Been Made
Day 2: General Sessions - 07/17/2025
- 8:30 am - 9:00 am - Breakfast & Visit Your Sponsors
- 9:00 am - 9:30 am - Day 2 Kick Off & Chairperson Address
- Cody Loveland, Founder & Owner - CBL Leadership Group
- 9:30 am - 10:05 am - Communicating While Drowning: Leadership Communications when All the Things Are Changing
- Sarah Hay, Vice President, Employee Communications - American Tower
- 10:05 am - 10:40 am - Using a Mobile App to Engage and Reach A Diverse and Dispersed Workforce
- 10:40 am - 11:10 am - Morning Refreshments, Networking Break + Visit Your Sponsors
- 11:10 am - 11:45 am - Interactive Session: Choose Your Own Adventure - Change through Communication
- Naomi Chusid, Strategic Operations & Engagement Manager - ABC Fine Wine & Spirits
- 11:45 am - 12:30 pm - Panel: Leadership’s Role in Effective Internal Communication
- Steven Fitzgerald, Co-Founder & President - Habanero Consulting
- Mallory O’Connor, Practice Lead, Culture and Transformation - Habanero Consulting, Inc.
- 12:30 pm - 12:45 pm - Key Takeaways, Conference Wrap-Up
Who Should Attend
This conference is designed especially for senior-level professionals and their teams responsible for shaping and executing on their organization’s communications strategy for both external and internal audiences:
- Internal communications
- Employee communications
- Employee Experience
- Corporate communications
- Employee engagement
- Global communications
- Public relations
- Brand Communications
- Human resources
- Strategic Communications
- Change management
- Corporate intranets
- Digital communications
- Corporate affairs
Location
ADDRESS
The Colonnade Hotel
120 Huntington Ave
Boston
MA 02116
United States
